The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 42 19 36
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +17
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 8 22 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 3.175% 10.68% 1.765%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.902% 12.87% 2.190%
Number of salaries quoted 6 21 3
Average salary £24,000 £26,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -13.33%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
205 171 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 81.35% 83.01% 80.59%
Number of salaries quoted 199 162 135
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
Bedfordshire

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedford Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Bedford region.

Bedford Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Software Engineering also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Software Engineering.

1 13 (86.67%) C#
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 10 (66.67%) C
2 10 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 10 (66.67%) Degree
3 9 (60.00%) Linux
3 9 (60.00%) C++
3 9 (60.00%) Python
4 8 (53.33%) VoIP
4 8 (53.33%) TCP/IP
4 8 (53.33%) SS7
4 8 (53.33%) Java
4 8 (53.33%) IP Telephony
5 5 (33.33%) WCF
5 5 (33.33%) .NET
5 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 5 (33.33%) Visual Studio
5 5 (33.33%) SQL
5 5 (33.33%) WinForms
6 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
6 4 (26.67%) MS Excel
6 4 (26.67%) N-Tier
6 4 (26.67%) T-SQL
6 4 (26.67%) ASP.NET
6 4 (26.67%) XML
6 4 (26.67%) OO
6 4 (26.67%) Multithreading
6 4 (26.67%) TDD
6 4 (26.67%) .NET Framework
6 4 (26.67%) Subversion

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Software Engineering also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Software Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (33.33%) .NET
1 5 (33.33%) WCF
1 5 (33.33%) WinForms
2 4 (26.67%) .NET Framework
2 4 (26.67%) ASP.NET
2 4 (26.67%) XML
3 2 (13.33%) WPF
4 1 (6.667%) WF
4 1 (6.667%) Silverlight
4 1 (6.667%) LINQ
4 1 (6.667%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (6.667%) LINQ to SQL
4 1 (6.667%) ADO.NET
4 1 (6.667%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) VoIP
1 8 (53.33%) TCP/IP
1 8 (53.33%) SS7
1 8 (53.33%) IP Telephony
2 1 (6.667%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 4 (26.67%) Subversion
2 4 (26.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (13.33%) Electronics
2 1 (6.667%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Software Engineer
2 9 (60.00%) Graduate
3 8 (53.33%) Support Engineer
3 8 (53.33%) Software Support Engineer
3 8 (53.33%) C Software Engineer
4 4 (26.67%) Consultant
4 4 (26.67%) Development Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) .NET Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (26.67%) N-Tier
3 1 (6.667%) Mathematics
3 1 (6.667%) Physics
3 1 (6.667%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 9 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) TDD
1 4 (26.67%) Multithreading
1 4 (26.67%) Domain-Driven Design
1 4 (26.67%) OO
2 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (6.667%) Scrum
3 1 (6.667%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) C#
2 10 (66.67%) C
3 9 (60.00%) Python
3 9 (60.00%) C++
4 8 (53.33%) Java
5 5 (33.33%) SQL
6 4 (26.67%) T-SQL
7 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
7 1 (6.667%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Capita
Bedford, Bedfordshire
A major Software Engineering Company based in the Home Counties is currently seeking an Embedded / Middleware developer with expertise in C and or C++. The responsibilities of the...
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Posted: 15 May 2013